Good Morning,

I was reading on the Lufthansa forum how over 100 Senators sent a letter to their FF program talking about suggestions they had. Why don't we do the same?

I have a few ideas for basic things that could really improve our situation, and I am sure others have situations that could save USAIR money.

We could gather these and send them in as a group. What does everyone think?

Idea #1 Allow standby upgrades on Reward Tickets if there are seats available for preferred DM members.

[This message has been edited by catwood (edited 08-21-2002).]

(you might want to edit the word "enhance." When an airline "enhances" something, it usually means they have cut back service!)

I will be unpopular for saying this, but I don't think US or any airline should try to send out planes with cram packed F seats. If there is a F seat open, it is not an entitlement for an elite to get that, whether for free or with a coupon.

In addition, I don't think SWU's should be able to work with any fare. While I love going to Europe and back for $400, it makes no sense that I should be flying in F.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by zrs70:
If there is a F seat open, it is not an entitlement for an elite to get that, whether for free or with a coupon.
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If you 'earned' or bought the coupon, then its not an 'entitlement', it's an 'offered benefit'.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by zrs70:

In addition, I don't think SWU's should be able to work with any fare. While I love going to Europe and back for $400, it makes no sense that I should be flying in F.</font>

What good is the SWU if not for upgrading the cheap seats? I suspect there are many who direct their paid corporate business (often last minute F or J seats), because when we travel ourselves we will fly up front cheap.

If you average in the cost of my paid J fares with the cost of my upgraded K/H/etc fares US is still averaging &gt;$1000 each time I sit up front. If they make it too hard to upgrade then US will reduce the average amount it makes from me, because I will be over on AA.